ALBANY — The New York Gaming Commission on Monday moved to ban "bulk buying" of lottery tickets, hoping to avoid the type of scandal that engulfed the Texas lottery when a gambling syndicate bought 99% of the numerical combinations to win a $95 million jackpot.

New York regulators proposed banning attempts to buy up every mathematical combination of a lottery ticket, prohibiting ticket-sales collaboration, mandating lottery sales agents to report bulk buying attempts and suspending an agent’s license if their store or outlet allows a bulk purchase, among other measures.

The commission unanimously approved the measures as proposed new state regulations, which means allowing for a public comment period before the rules take effect, likely in October.

Commissioners and agency staff said bu

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